Four String Banjo · Tenor (CGDA)

D°D Diminished

ERoot

Gtone

A♯tone

Formula 2 · 4 · ♭6 · Notes E · G · A♯

How to play it

D° fingering positions

Tenor (CGDA), low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

D Diminished guitar chord — Open (2 1 3 x) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

D Diminished guitar chord — 6th position (x 7 6 8) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

D Diminished guitar chord — 13th position (14 13 15 x) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

D Diminished guitar chord — 18th position (x 19 18 20) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

Read it as tab

D° guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

D Diminished guitar tab — 6th position (x 7 6 8) in Tenor (CGDA)

D Diminished guitar tab — 13th position (14 13 15 x) in Tenor (CGDA)

D Diminished guitar tab — 18th position (x 19 18 20) in Tenor (CGDA)

Sound

How D° sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

tenseanxiousunstable

Genres

classicaljazzfilm score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G · A♯

Formula (scale degrees)2 · 4 · ♭6

Same notes asDm♭5

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